Øvre Vang Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Slemsrud. It is one of the churches for the Vang parish which is part of the Hamar domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1907 using plans drawn up by the architects Johan Joachim Meyer and Andreas Bugge. The church seats about 300 people.

History

In 1901, the municipal council of Vang began planning for a new annex chapel in the northern part of the municipality. Architectural drafts were designed by Johan Joachim Meyer and later when Meyer was ill, the plans were modified by Andreas Bugge who moved the tower to above the west entrance rather than over the centre of the nave as had first been planned. The church was built from 1903 to 1907. The chapel is a half-timbered cruciform building, but the cross-arms are quite short and the interior is laid out as if it were a long church. The chapel has a west tower above the church porch, a choir in the east, and sacristies on each side of the choir. The new building was consecrated on 28 August 1907 by Bishop Christen Brun. The chapel was originally named (later it was renamed Øvre Vang kapell). More recently, the chapel was upgraded to parish church status so that the parish of Vang has two churches now.

Øvre Vang Church

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See also

List of churches in Hamar

References

Buildings and structures in Hamar

Churches in Innlandet

Cruciform churches in Norway

Wooden churches in Norway

20th-century Church of Norway church buildings

Churches completed in 1907

1907 establishments in Norway

Øvre Vang Church